Maintenance Supervisor (Maintenance)

Primary Duty

This position is responsible for facility maintenance and maintenance personnel helping to develop, administer, and manage preventive and repair maintenance programs. Coordinates the daily activities of hourly maintenance personnel. Must be particularly strong in Mechanical maintenance. Communicates with plant personnel on overall maintenance issues to aid process improvement. This position requires a strong commitment to safety, quality, environmental awareness, and continuous process improvement. This includes supervising maintenance personnel, training, personnel development, planning and scheduling, budgeting and cost management and supervising the installation, repair and maintenance of all equipment.

 

Essential Functions

• Complete, coordinate, and prioritize all aspects of plant's mechanical and electrical maintenance, shutdowns, projects, new equipment installation, upgrades, equipment repair and rebuilds, plant remodels and expansions, cycle improvements, predictive and preventative maintenance.
• Manage millwrights, electricians, technicians, equipment mechanics, rolling stock mechanics and cleanup pertaining to maintenance activities. 
• Monitor plant operations to ensure plant uptime and efficiency are optimal.
• Ensure the maintenance and repair of equipment and tools at appropriate cost and timeframe.
• Maintains an environmental awareness and develop processes that ensure compliance with all environmental laws.
• Standardize electrical and mechanical parts as practicable for all operations and create a cross-reference manual.
• Prepare and deliver training programs for maintenance personnel.
• Participate in the selection, design, installation and debugging of manufacturing equipment.  Provide recommendations for the purchase of equipment, tools and supplies. Confer with manufacturers in design or redesign of manufacturing equipment upgrades and assist in equipment selection.
• Manage project construction including vendor evaluation, securing materials, coordinating on-site vendor work, scheduling work, monitoring safety, and assure work completed in compliance with related permits.
• Maintain and gain relevant knowledge keeping abreast of technological advances and necessary changes for maximized operating efficiency
• Assure compliance with recordkeeping requirements affecting the operations and compliance with department budgets.  
• Ability to convert relay logic controls to PLC (programmable logic controller) through effective and efficient programming
• Accountable for problem identification and resolution regarding electrical/computerized technology of the facility
• Capable of communicating with others at all levels in the organization and open and responsive to change
• Demonstrate strong commitment to safety, quality, environmental awareness, and continuous process improvement.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

 

Minimum Education/Experience/Physical Functions

College degree, or equivalent work experience in related job function. Successful candidate will have extensive preventive maintenance experience, as well as project management, planning, and problem solving skills; excellent communication skills and experience with employee involvement activities; demonstrated excellent organizational skills, including attention to detail and follow-up procedures; strong leadership qualities relating to coaching and counseling, promoting a culture that supports an environment of total quality; a focus on safety; a strong desire to facilitate change through continuous improvement in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications: B.S. degree in Engineering, Science or related field preferred. More than five (5) years' experience in maintenance in a manufacturing environment preferred. Prior supervisory or lead person experience in a maintenance environment preferred.

 

Decision-Making/Supervisory

Decisions guided by policies, procedures with oversight from manager. Typically supervises the daily activities of 2 or more employees. May guide other supervisors and/or leads.

 

Scope

Accountable for business, functional, or operational areas, processes, or programs. Monitor plant preventive maintenance programs and results to ensure plant uptime and efficiency using established BIC methodology.

     

Core Competencies

Aligning Performance for Success, Building Partnerships, Communication, Decision Making, Delegation and Empowerment, Initiating Action, Influencing, Innovation, Planning and Organizing, Safety Leadership, Technical/ Professional Knowledge and Skills

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Production